Marissa Mayer

Yahoo is still limping along as the Internet company prepares to shed the financial crutch that has been propping up its stock during the three-year reign of CEO Marissa Mayer. The latest evidence of the challenges facing Mayer emerged Tuesday with the release of Yahoo's second-quarter earnings report. Yahoo's posted a loss of nearly $22 million, while its net revenue remained unchanged from the previous year at $1.04 billion. If not for the costs of employee stock compensation and one-time accounting items, Yahoo said it would have earned 16 cents per share — 2 cents per share below the average estimate among analysts polled by Zacks. Yahoo's stock fell 73...

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